2007-63
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DA TE:
October 22" 2007
RESOLUTION NO:
2007 -63
MOTION BY:
Litsev
SECONDED BY:
Ernst
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR HIGHW A Y 212
WHEREAS, Highway 212 is a major US highway serving the southwest portion of the state and
has been in need of expansion for decades, and
WHEREAS, forty-one communities and local chambers of commerce have passed resolutions
supporting improvements to Highway 212 to expand the capacity of this highway and the Board
of Commissioners of every county along the corridor has passed such a resolution, and
WHEREAS, the current highway poses serious safety problems as it switches from a four lane
facility west of Chaska to a two-lane highway, then switches back to a four lane highway around
Cologne and back to a two-lane highway from Cologne to Norwood Young America and would
be much safer and much better able to handle present and projected traffic flows if it were a
continuous four-lane highway through this area, and
WHEREAS, Congress and the State of Minnesota have recognized the need to expand this
critical trade link to the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area and have previously provided funding
through the ISTEA Transportation Authorization bill, TEA-21 Authorization bill, the 2002
Transportation Appropriations bill, the 2003 Transportation Appropriations bill, the 2004
Transportation Appropriations bill and SAFETEA-LU, and
WHEREAS, the completion of the expanded Highway 212 from Eden Prairie to Chaska will
occur in 2008, bringing additional traffic to the section of highway between Chaska and
Norwood Young America which needs to be improved for safety reasons, and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of $1 million for Highway 212 expansions between Chaska and
Norwood Young America was included in the Senate version of the FY2008 Transportation and
HUD Appropriations bill, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Chanhassen strongly supports
inclusion of funding for efforts to improve and expand US Highway 212 in the FY2008
Transportation and HUD Appropriations Bill.
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Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 22nd day of October, 2007.
A TIEST:
YES
Furlong
Ernst
Litsey
Peterson
Tjornhom
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Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
NO
None
ABSENT
None